Homophones Worksheet
Word tip (Same sound, check the meaning): Read the whole sentence and work out the meaning it needs. Match the meaning to the spelling: flour = powder made from grain; flower = a bloom on a plant. Learn the tricky sets: there (place), their (belonging to them), they’re (they are); to, too, two.
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- 1.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
- 2.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
- 3.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) witch (b) which
- 4.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
- 5.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
- 6.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
- 7.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) ate (b) eight
- 8.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
- 9.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
- 10.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
- 11.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
- 12.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flu (b) flew
- 13.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
- 14.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
- 15.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 16.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
- 17.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) ant (b) aunt
- 18.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) their (b) there (c) they're
- 19.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
- 20.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
- 21.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
- 22.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
- 23.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
- 24.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
- 25.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) sum (b) some
- 26.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
- 27.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
- 28.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
- 29.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
- 30.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) to (b) too (c) two
- 31.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
- 32.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
- 33.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
- 34.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hare (b) hair
- 35.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
- 36.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
- 37.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
- 38.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
- 39.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
- 40.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
Answer key
- here
- wait
- witch
- bee
- tail
- right
- eight
- see
- pear
- piece
- pair
- flu
- hare
- sew
- flour
- new
- ant
- there
- flew
- be
- knew
- dear
- sun
- meet
- sum
- heel
- read
- some
- know
- to
- male
- hole
- write
- hair
- sow
- deer
- wood
- rode
- sail
- so
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